finxi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fingo, fingere, finxi, fictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive;; adapt, transform into; modify (appearance/character/behavior); groom;; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nefas, quod ipsa demens pectore insano hauseram, mentita finxi. uana punisti pater, iuuenisque castus crimine incesto iacet, pudicus..." - M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...crimen si fatendum sit, num animum mihi ipse finxi, aut mea potestate regitur affectus? an arbitrio formantis mores..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...tacita formavi gaudia mente! quos ego non finxi disposuique modos! nostra tamen iacuere velut praemortua membra turpiter hesterna..."